retrograde
retrograde
adj.
Going back: V. ἄψορρος, πᾰλίσσῠτος.
Make a retrograde movement, v.: Ar. and P. ἐπᾰνᾰχωρεῖν.
A retrograde step: Met., use P. ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μεταβολή, ἡ.
adj.
Going back: V. ἄψορρος, πᾰλίσσῠτος.
Make a retrograde movement, v.: Ar. and P. ἐπᾰνᾰχωρεῖν.
A retrograde step: Met., use P. ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μεταβολή, ἡ.
RETROGRADE
adj.
PROP. retrogradus (Plin.); usually by the adverb retro retrorsum. To have a retrograde motion recedere (opposed to adire; of the planets): to make a retrograde movement se recipere; pedem referre: a retrograde motion regressus (opposed to progressus Cic. N.D. 2 20 51; of the planets): recessus (opposed to accessus).
Figuratively irritus: vanus.
adj.
PROP. retrogradus (Plin.); usually by the adverb retro retrorsum. To have a retrograde motion recedere (opposed to adire; of the planets): to make a retrograde movement se recipere; pedem referre: a retrograde motion regressus (opposed to progressus Cic. N.D. 2 20 51; of the planets): recessus (opposed to accessus).
Figuratively irritus: vanus.
v. PROP. To go back retrogradi (Plin.): retroire (Sen.): se recipere; pedem referre (to retire give ground).
Figuratively To decline Vid.
Figuratively To decline Vid.
retrograde (adj.):
1. retrōgrădus (retrōgrădis, App.): whether the planet Jupiter had a r. motion, Jupiter an esset r., Sen. N. Q. 7, 25, 5: Plin.
2. sŭpīnus: v.BACKWARD .
1. retrōgrădus (retrōgrădis, App.): whether the planet Jupiter had a r. motion, Jupiter an esset r., Sen. N. Q. 7, 25, 5: Plin.
2. sŭpīnus: v.
retrograde (v.):
I. Lit.:
1. retrōgrădior, 3: (the animal) r.s when feeding, retrograditur in pascendo, Plin. 8, 15, 16.
2. retroeo, 4: Sen. Q. N. 7, 21, 2 (al. retro eo): v.RETIRE , RECEDE .
3. expr. by the advs. retro, retrorsum, (-us), joined to vbs. of motion: the stars r., stellae aguntur retro, Sen. Q. N. 7, 25, 5: crabs r., cancri retrorsum (al. retrorsi, adj.) redeunt, Plin. 9, 31, 51: to r., recessim se dare, Pl. Cas. 2, 8, 7.
II. Fig.: nearest word perh. rĕlābor, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 18: usu. expr. by a phr.: all things have r.d, versa et mutata in pejorem partem sunt omnia, Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103: to r., deteriore statu esse, Auct. Har. Resp. 28, 61.
I. Lit.:
1. retrōgrădior, 3: (the animal) r.s when feeding, retrograditur in pascendo, Plin. 8, 15, 16.
2. retroeo, 4: Sen. Q. N. 7, 21, 2 (al. retro eo): v.
3. expr. by the advs. retro, retrorsum, (-us), joined to vbs. of motion: the stars r., stellae aguntur retro, Sen. Q. N. 7, 25, 5: crabs r., cancri retrorsum (al. retrorsi, adj.) redeunt, Plin. 9, 31, 51: to r., recessim se dare, Pl. Cas. 2, 8, 7.
II. Fig.: nearest word perh. rĕlābor, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 18: usu. expr. by a phr.: all things have r.d, versa et mutata in pejorem partem sunt omnia, Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103: to r., deteriore statu esse, Auct. Har. Resp. 28, 61.